janbear
06-16-2006, 09:05 AM
When we find ourselves cornered, our instinct is either to run or to stand up and fight to defend ourselves. We propose all sorts of rationalizations about why we're in this fix, and we stubbornly cling to our alibis. Even when we accept the responsiblity, we still attempt to justify our actions. And we come up with some really inventive reasons for why we behaved the way we did.
We just as stubbornly cling to old ideas and old habit patterns. We've got that old-time religion: "It was good enough for Father and good enough for Mother-and it's good enough for me."
We all agree on how difficult it is to change habit patterns, and that it takes a lot of effort. Yet, like that jaywalker who, although repeatedly injured, persisted in jaywalking time and time again, we persist in trying our old ways "one more time" because "this time it will be different!" It is almost as if there's some kind of magnetic attraction to the same character defects.
"With God's help, I am ready to acknowledge my character defects.
Step by Step
We just as stubbornly cling to old ideas and old habit patterns. We've got that old-time religion: "It was good enough for Father and good enough for Mother-and it's good enough for me."
We all agree on how difficult it is to change habit patterns, and that it takes a lot of effort. Yet, like that jaywalker who, although repeatedly injured, persisted in jaywalking time and time again, we persist in trying our old ways "one more time" because "this time it will be different!" It is almost as if there's some kind of magnetic attraction to the same character defects.
"With God's help, I am ready to acknowledge my character defects.
Step by Step